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Page 4 of 6July 16 to August 2, 2026
Working With AI
My dashboard said the article was published. The article was returning a 404.
I built a dashboard to tell me what's live on my own site. For a few hours it confidently reported an article as published while that exact URL returned a 404 — and 52 passing tests never noticed. Here's why status boards lie in the direction you want to believe, and the habit that catches it.
Working With AI
You don't get replaced for being slow at AI
The worry I keep hearing is 'AI is moving fast and I'm behind.' That's the fixable problem. The real risk is producing more than ever and not being able to tell when any of it is wrong. Three skills fix that — and there's a drill in this post that makes you do all three.
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My AI built the whole thing. It handed back the keys, the money, and the final yes.
Twice in one day, my AI built something end to end — a payment system, then a whole website — and both times handed me a short list of what it couldn't do. Nothing on either list was hard. Every item was the same three things — and they map exactly where your job with AI actually is now.